Join Bluecoat as they explore this photographic printing process in a family friendly workshop. Collect leaves and flowers from their beautiful spring garden to create your prints, or you can bring your own.
Wed 28 May, 12-3pm
A cyanotype is a blue print made by placing an object on paper coated with iron salts. The silhouette of the object is transferred onto the paper as it is exposed to light, and appears after washing the paper in water.
Suitable for ages 3+
Drop in.Suggested donation, £3 per child.
Join Bluecoat to create block print postcards using pre-made designs, meet fellow artists, and learn more about Bluecoat’s growing print community. Whether you’re a seasoned printmaker or simply looking to get involved, this session is for everyone. No experience necessary—come solo or with friends, have a go, and take home your own printed postcard.
Tue 3 Jun, 5.30-7pm
It’s also a great chance to chat with their Print Studio Manager and find out more about their open-access studio, courses, and workshops.
Free, booking required
Coptic stitch bookbinding (also called Coptic bookbinding) is a way of binding pages of a book together without the use of glue or staples. Like other types of hand binding, its origins are ancient. A Coptic stitch is a type of stitch used in hand bookbinding to attach the pages and covers together. It’s similar to a chain stitch used in embroidery, in that a chain of knots is formed. The stitch forms the outer spine of the book and many beautiful book designs can be made from Coptic stitching.
In this short and informative workshop, you’ll learn all about Coptic stitch bookbinding. You’ll be taught about bookbinding materials, terminology, and how to assemble the various parts of your book – including paper folding, signatures, hardcovers and bindings. You’ll end the session with at least one handmade, hand bound book to take home with you.
Sat 28 Jun, 11am-1.30pm
Tickets: £30
A 2 hour writing workshop for anyone sober, sober-curious or just looking to connect with other writers in an alcohol-free space.
Held in the Sudley Walled Garden.
‘Japanese bookbinding or ‘Stab Binding’ is an ancient form of bookbinding that is beautiful, easy for beginners and endlessly customisable. The basic Japanese version of stab binding is called Yotsume Toji, which roughly translates to “four holes”. This is because the binding pattern is made using only four holes. There are many other binding patterns that use more holes to create their intricate stitched designs.’
Japanese binding uses thin, loose leaf paper to create a book. It’s perfect for any paper or crafting offcuts and the finished books make beautiful gifts.
In this short and informative workshop, you will learn all about Japanese bookbinding. Japanese bookbinding utilises beautiful, external stitching and thin handmade paper and covers. You’ll learn all about the materials used in Japanese bookbinding. You’ll learn different ways of stitch binding your books, paper folding and tearing and creating concertina pages for your book. We will teach 3 beginner Japanese stab bindings – The 4 Hole, Noble and Tortoiseshell stitches. You’ll end the session with at least 3 handmade, hand bound books to take home with you.
Sat 28 Jun, 2-4.30pm
Tickets: £30
The Windows Project
WRITING ADVICE DESK
WEDNESDAY 7th MAY
at Liverpool Central Library
William Brown Street L3 8EW
Drop in between 5.30pm and 7.00pm
for one-to-one appraisal of scripts, stories, poems
and details of publishing opportunities,
performance venues, workshops and courses
with
ALISON DOWN
Screenwriter and poet
BAFTA Rocliffe’s Emerging Children’s Writer.
DAVE WARD
Author and poet
Editor ‘Smoke’ magazine
Nominated for Carnegie Medal
Please book in on arrival.
Each individual session usually lasts 20 minutes.
Do you have a lonely sock in the drawer? That one sock that has been left abandoned? Two socks go into the washing machine and only one returns. Where, oh where do those socks go?
Fear not friends at ArtsGroupie’s Puppet Day – Sat 10th May, 11am till 3pm Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Libraries and Information Services
JOIN their resident puppeteer Ruta Staseviciute for a FREE SOCK Puppet making workshop.
They will also have:
FREE Shadow puppetry making.
FREE storytime with the Liver Bird (sessions at 11:45, 12:45 & 13:45pm).
FREE puppetry demonstrations.
Plus, healthy snacks and refreshments.
A chance to show off your shadow puppets too on their stage.
Kindly supported by Arts Council England part of our #throughshadowswelearn project.
If you have any questions – email artgroupie@outlook.com
Learn the basics of etching, one of the oldest & most unique printmaking processes, at the historical Bluecoat Print Studios.
During this one day course you will learn the basics of copper sulphate etching, including learning about the history, tools & materials of etching and the chemical processes involved in creating a copper sulphate etched plate, as well as inking and printing your design on our fabulous century old Hughes & Kimber Etching Press.
On this course for beginners you will be guided through every step of the etching process from start to finish, leaving with having created a finished edition of prints. All materials are provided on the day as well as a booklet to take away detailing the processes learnt.
The course is available to book on the following dates:
Sat 21 Jun, 11am-5pm
Sat 9 Aug, 11am-5pm
Tickets: £80 (all materials included)
Unlock the ancient art of apple tree grafting and take your very own tree home with you!
This half day workshop will train you in the skills of grafting apple (and other fruiting) trees.
A range of local and heritage apple varieties will be available to graft onto MM106 rootstock. At the end of the day, you will be able to take your grafted tree home with you!
You’ll be grafting scions (young cuttings) to rootstock at Kindling Farm under the guidance and training of Mark Simmonds. Mark has many years of experience managing orchards and looking after fruit trees and can help you get a grip on the science and practice of apple grafting. There are plenty of opportunities to talk through the process and Mark’s training sessions are always full of fascinating theory and history surrounding tree grafting.
This is a practical workshop yet grafting is fairly low impact and involves no heavy lifting. Grafting with knives involves carefully making safe cuts, which can be fiddly, but there will be plenty of opportunity to learn. If you have any access needs please let us know in advance and we will endeavour to meet them where possible. We’ll also be providing safety equipment.
This day is only appropriate for adults – look out for our family activities on our website.
The workshop will take place from 1.30-4.30pm. There are 12 places available.
The cost for this workshop is £10.
If you are wanting to book for more than one person, please make sure you register them separately.
If you have any problems, please email farm@kindling.org.uk
Although it’s very important to maintain the distinction between art and therapy, participatory artists are often in positions where they need to support their participants’ mental health. This training is specifically for artists and facilitators and takes a person-centred approach to understanding trauma and incorporating this understanding into your creative practice.
This training will:
Unpick popular perceptions and misuse of language around trauma and PTSD;
Provide an overview of the physiology of trauma and an insight from the perspective of a clinical psychotherapist;
Offer practical tips for creating safe spaces for participants and avoiding practices which may retraumatise participants;
Create a space to explore problem solving using real-life scenarios;
Explore asset-based approaches to understanding trauma within social justice frameworks.
This event is aimed at artists working in communities, theatre-makers and activists interested in using the arts as a tool for positive change.
Online Event: This training will take place online using Zoom. You will receive an email with the link.
**Please note: they do not record the sessions because of the sensitive nature of the topic.
Ticket Cost: For attendees supported by their organisations the full price of a ticket is £55.00 For freelancers and individuals from non-regularly funded organisations attendees the price of a ticket is £35.00 For those on low or no income the ticket price is £18.00 They also have a small number of bursary places available for those with limited funds, please email info@collective-encounters.org.uk * *Please Note: Ticket sales will end 24 hours before this event is due to start.
